Asymptotic analysis of stress singularities in composite laminates by the boundary finite element method

Composite Structures

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 210-219

  Mittelstedt, Christian ^a   Becker, Wilfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary finite element method; Composites; Free corner effect; Free edge effect; Hybrid method; Laminates; Semi analytical method; Stress concentrations

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATRIX ALGEBRA; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

BOUNDARY FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (BFEM); HYBRID METHOD; SEMI-ANALYTICAL METHOD; STRESS SINGULARITIES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 27744558697     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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